Bibliograph

Briar Rose, Jane Yolen

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Label

Briar Rose, Jane Yolen

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

13+ years old

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Briar Rose

Responsibility statement

Jane Yolen

Summary

In the heat of midsummer 1942, deep in a forest in the heart of Poland, Briar Rose arrives at a castle that has fallen into the hands of an evil army. Ever since she was a child, Rebecca has been enchanted by her grandmother Gemma's stories of Briar Rose. Becca would have sworn the stories were made up, but on her deathbed Gemma extracts from Becca a promise to fulfill three impossible requests: find the castle, find the prince, and find the spellmaker. Her vow sends Becca on a remarkable journey to uncover the truth of Gemma's astonishing claim: I am Briar Rose. Jane Yolen's graceful retelling of the Germand folktale Briar Rose - known to some as Sleeping Beauty - sets the story amid forests patrolled by the German army during World War II

Target audience

adolescent

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